Military news 7/31/03

Spc. Nathan D. Hill recently returned to Hunter Air Base near Savannah, Ga. after serving six months in the Iraqi War. His wife, Shannon, and his mother, Mary, met him upon his arrival from Iraq. He is the son of Mary Hill of LeHigh Acres, Fla. and Kim Hill (deceased) and the grandson of Sherman and Vicky Hill of East Cape Girardeau, Ill.

Hill is with a Black Hawk helicopter aviation regiment attached to the Third Infantry Division.

Born in Cape Girardeau, he graduated from LeHigh Acres High School in Florida in 1998 and enlisted in 2002.

Hill's father attended school in Cape Girardeau and served in Vietnam. His death in 1998 was due to service-related illness from agent orange. Hill's mother is a Southeast Missouri State University graduate who teaches in LeHigh, Fla.

-- From staff reports